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Post by PonyGirl on Feb 28, 2008 9:09:24 GMT -1
Okay. The line of hacking out in traffic got me to think. Last year hacking out to the apple orchard we were on marked roads. One was a dirt road with only two houses. The front house had a loose dog. He ran up to Daisy while we were standing there. Daisy noticed and when he bit at her back legs she let him have it. Dog was not on a lead and was not in control of the owner. (I feel for the dog as I have been kicked by Trooper) What do ya'll do when this happens?
In this case, it was on a marked road and the dog owner did not have control over the dog. I was not liable. The owner had to tend to his dog. (thankfully he was not badly hurt)
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Post by harveydales on Feb 28, 2008 9:20:17 GMT -1
This is a difficult situation. Obviously you don't want Daisy to become frightened of dogs or agressinve to them. There used to be a house on my regular hacking route, way out in the country, and the owner let his dog roam free. It used to hide behind a bush and then leap out and snap at passing horses heels, chasing them down the road. I talked to the owner and even reported him to the local council. The dog did the same to passing cars and in the end was run over.  The only way I coped was by talking firmly to the dog and commanding it to sit and stay. Luckily Quest was good with dogs. |
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Post by PonyGirl on Feb 28, 2008 9:45:22 GMT -1
She is wonderful with Bogart. But, she may be confused as he does sound like a pig.
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Post by NFK Dumpling on Feb 28, 2008 13:44:31 GMT -1
James is a horror and will chase dogs so I have to be careful - but if the dog is chasing you its a natural reaction of a "prey" animal to avoid being eaten by a "wolf". On the whole he will face down a single dog but like Harveydales I have, from my perch on his back, pointed and said "Go home" in my most authoritative tone. He did run from three large dogs kicking as we went which was rather hair raising  but luckily I didn't fall off and get eaten! |
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Post by PonyGirl on Feb 28, 2008 14:08:54 GMT -1
That would have scared the poo right outta me!
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Post by NFK Dumpling on Feb 28, 2008 14:18:38 GMT -1
All I can say is that it's a good job I was wearing black jods  |
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Post by greydales on Feb 28, 2008 14:58:37 GMT -1
We used to hack regularly past a cottage from which two dogs would come haring out whenever they saw a horse, snapping at their heels. The way I got round this was to turn Pip round and trot him right at the dogs - who always turned tail and ran back into the house!
I'm not saying this would work in every instance (say for example with a very aggressive dog) but it's worked many times for me - dogs expect a prey to run away and get confused when the prey comes after them!
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Post by dalesponyrider on Feb 29, 2008 6:53:15 GMT -1
I have done the same as Gill with a GSD - run D right at it and it turned tail.
Had to do this with a little Jack Russell too. It was really funny actually. The owner was trying to catch it so I stood D still. The JR would run under D every time the owner nearly caught it. I tried trotting off but the dog just followed us much to the distress of the owner. In the end I got a bit of distance between us, turned D round and ran her at the dog. The little JR soon ran back to it's owner! LOL!
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Post by carolinec on Mar 4, 2008 11:55:13 GMT -1
I have the problem of any annoying little dog running out & yapping around Sam every time I hack around the block. The owner has no control over it and it completely ignores him.
Fortunately, Sam is very fore-bearing and doesn't usually react. I generally ride with a long schooling whip and give the dog a "little tickle" with it if it persists. The owner did try to object but I pointed out that if he didn't get his dog under control I'd report him. If the dog comes out now I just wave the whip and he generally runs in the opposite direction.
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Post by SuzieP on Mar 5, 2008 8:13:22 GMT -1
I'm sure a horse shouldn't be held liable if it kicks a dog which snaps at its heels - it's natural behaviour.
I was riding Bea on the beach a while ago and a large dog ran up to him and jumped up and swung on his tail. Bea just stood there, bless him. The owner was very apologetic - I was rather cross if I remember rightly. Bea is generally great with dogs because he got used to hounds in his hunting days.
We were out hacking once and met a woman who was training a pup. She asked if Bea was good with dogs and when I said he was she asked if she could introduce her pup to him. He was lovely with it and gave it a bit of a snuffling.....although the poor pup wasn't sure at all!
LOL
It's a good idea to ride straight at the dogs if your horse will do it - I expect they would chase anything that runs and try to dominate anything that showed any fear.
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Post by PonyGirl on Mar 6, 2008 9:00:55 GMT -1
Thanks for the information!
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but luckily I didn't fall off and get eaten!
